T o work on earthquakes in the central United States is to trade in uncertainty. The region experiences about 200 small earthquakes every year. And still, when it comes to major quakes, “they can’t ...

The earthquake would also be followed by a tsunami similar to the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami that caused over 18,000 deaths in Japan. In Oregon alone, property losses would total $32 billion.

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the coast of Northern California Thursday, with the epicenter located in Humboldt County. But it is not the biggest one in American history.

Which major American cities face the biggest risks from natural disasters? You can find them in (almost) every region of the ...

Dacono residents may have felt a 2.9 magnitude earthquake that was reported by the United States Geological Survey.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Canada Thursday (July 11), according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered at a depth of 10.0 kilometers (about six miles). The USGS ...

About Every 500 Years, a Major Quake Body-Slams Middle America. Experts can’t explain why, ... Earthquakes occur when a subterranean strain that was building for centuries is released in seconds.

A tsunamis recorded along the eastern coast of North America in 1755 may have been linked to the massive earthquake struck the Portuguese capital city. That quake likely registered between a ...

In a 2023 paper published by the Geological Society of America, Hennings and co-author Michael H. Young presented data that showed the sharp increase in earthquakes in the last five years.

In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire had Plymouth, Massachusetts colonists stumbling from the strong shaking and water sloshing out of the pots used by Native Americans to cook a ...